Improvement in coat and hatjjooks



Cdiluted' tatee @we e 1mm.

MoEToN JUDD, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AND HUBERT L. JUDD,

OF l BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 102,945, dated .May 10, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom 'it may conce-ru.-

Be it known that we, MoRToN J'Unn, of New Haven, in the State ofConnecticut, and HUBERT L.' J UDD, of Brooklyn, `in the county of Kingsand State of New York, haye invented au `Improved Hook or Bracket; andthe following is declared to be a correct `descriptimi thereof.

I'Ieretoforehooks and brackets in metal for hanging clothes upon andsupporting other articles have been niade with a spike, to be driveninto vthe' wood-work. This spike has been at right angles, or nearly so,to the metallic plate ,or disk, that sets against the surface oftheu'ood; hence thebracket or hook was liable to work loose, because itcould turn with said spike iu the wood, and ,eventually the spike wouldceu-se to hold firmly, 'andthe hook l or `bracket be liable 'to fall.

Our invention is made for the purpose of preventing any turninginoveniefi-it of the spikeiu the wood,`

so that Athe saule cannot work loose, and, at the same time, the spikeis in such posit-ion relatively to the'` portion of the hook Vor bracketthat projects beyond the wood-work, that the spike is'not as liable ashere- 'toibre to be pulled out by any weight upon such hook or bracket.

In, the draining- Figure 1 is a side view of said hook or bracket, and

Figure is a plan'of t-he saine.,`

The plate a and hook, arm, or bracket b are ofany usual or desiredcharacter adapted to hanging clot-hes upon, or supporting any desiredarticle, such asa window-curtain or shade.

The spike or nail portion c is to be pointed, so as to be driven withfacility into wood-work.

The peculiar-ity of this invention consists in the spike placed at adownward inclination to the surface ofthe plate a, so that theoue isdiagonal to the other, instead of. being zit-right angles, asheretofore..

The result of this construction is that the spike holds the hook orbracket much more firmly than heretofore to wood-work, because aweighthungr upon such hook or bracket tends to force the spike inward,inconsequence of the inclination thereof', and, furthermore, a latral orturning motion is eifcctually prevented, because such turning movementwould causel the lower part of the plate a to press into the surface ofthe wood, and, it' continued, would either scrape into and break awaythe surface of the wood, or else pull the spike out of the wood, to doeither ot' which would require considerable forceyheuce, for all usualpurposes, the said hook will be firm and immovable when driven intoplace; but, as an additional precaution, a

spur, e, may be provided to enter the surface of the wood, as thebracketor hook is driven to place.

We claim as ou'r'invention l The hook or bracket, having a plate, a, andspike c,

the latter being at an inclination downward from the surface of' theformer, substantially as and for the pur-w= poses set. forth.

Signed by us this 21stday of March, A. D. 1870.

M ORTON J UDD. Witnesses: H. L. J UDD.

CHARLES IvE's, Jr.,

Geo. '.l. PINCKNEY.

